WOOFA September!

 Yay!  I'm so proud of myself.........I actually worked on 2 projects on my WOOFA list this month..........After NOT working on one in months I am still way behind, but nonetheless..........happy to say that the Garage Sale Quilt is sandwiched, quilted, bound, Done!

I limited myself to using what I had in my stash to finish this flimsy I was lucky enough to find at a garage sale this summer.....I found 4 different greens that I cut up into 16 big rectangles that I sewed together for the backing

After sandwiching and after asking for input from my blogging friends for the binding I settled with a Green containing a bit of white, yellow and red that I found in my stash and I think it works

I've also pulled out...or pulled off is more like it......the Long Time Gone quilt that has been looking at me from my design wall for months now..........all the blocks are done and now I am piecing it together in sections using checkerboard filler blocks.   

I've started at the bottom and worked to the right so I think I have a little less than half ready to put together.  I have decided I am changing the checkerboard filler blocks to a bigger size.  The 1.5 x 1.5 squares are just too small for me I think.............I am hoping to get this finished in October......or at least November..... but I will continue to work on it in the meantime.....

So anyway.........don't forget to go and check out Cheryll's link-up page HERE and see the fabulous things everyone has to show you!  Thanks for keeping us on track Cheryll!

Old WOOFA project.............

 I have been looking at the"Long Time Gone" quilt on my display wall for a LONG TIME now and decided it was time to tackle it again............

The last time I worked on it I struggled trying to sew the block with the 9 churn dash patches to the other 3 surrounding blocks and it just wouldn't cooperate so I threw up my hands and put it away until now..............

This is the section which includes 8 LTG blocks sewn into one section.......the directions have you fill in the blank areas with  checkerboard filler blocks....it's a little crooked but you know what they say.........."from a moving train or an airplane it will look fine" 

I am hoping to get this finished for October WOOFA but in any case I will at least work on it in October...........

Thanks to everyone for your ideas on the binding for the Garage Sale Quilt........I am happy to report that it is done and will be posted as a September Woofa finish!

Sandwich and quilting Done!..........binding is next..........

 I finished sandwiching the garage sale quilt top today then did just some diagonal stitch in the ditch quilting.......now trying to decide on what color binding.............

I want to use something from my stash for the binding but not sure what color to use........I sort of thought green would be over-kill and red might look too Christmasy.........but I did have a red with white polka-dot I placed to look at and some blues...........any ideas?  Here are some possibilities.............(I guess I should have tried the green too since I really don't like any of these.....)

Playing with Dollies.............

 My sister has been cleaning out closets and came across some old dolls that originally belonged to our youngest sister and asked if I wanted them..........I have also been cleaning out closets but I couldn't say no........the dolls went from little Sis to my nieces and I thought maybe I could refurbish them for my Granddaughters.........

Here is what the vintage dolls looked like when I got them......(my little Sis admitted she was responsible for the short haircuts on most of them.......) "I don't think I realized when I cut it that it wasn't going to grow back".....

Unfortunately, not all the dolls were repairable......After I decided on the ones I would repair 2 of them gave their lives for the others............One gave up her hair and the other gave up her eyes.....both dolls were in pretty bad shape.....one looked like maybe a dog had chewed on her nose and mouth and hand and the other had lost most of her hair and also had some cracked plastic.....

So anyway........I washed the dolls and their clothes, made hats and purses and repaired and embellished one of the dresses.....and here they are now!

This little Gal was missing her left eye........so here she is with a new eye and a new hat and purse to match her "vintage" dress

This pretty blonde was missing hair patches and only had a pajama top to wear..........Now she has a new pink outfit and some blond hair extensions.............

This young lady got a new purse and a new hat with attached hair extensions..............

Here she is with her friend.....ready to go shopping!

So these 4 dollies will go into "Nana's Prize box" so my Granddaughters will have some more for their collection..............

(yes....at the age of 70 I am still playing with dolls!....Us "little girls" never get to old for that.....)